The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1887-05-31

and obliged TO surrender The captiyes taken
taken by the English were 139 regulars and
l3i militia. Part OF the prisoners were sent
over to the American side and paroled The
remainder, with Lieut.. Col. Scott and the
regulars, were carried to Quebec, where they
were confined for some time and suffered
some indlgnities and insults. A British yes
SCI the ship kegulus, was engaged as a car
~ ~ 70 carry these prisoners TO Boston for ex-
ghahge. Col. Scott was to go with them. An
incident occurred which was the cause of a
great deal OF correspondence and diplomacy
tse peeTsen Ta the TWO governments, and in which
tne English government attempted to carry
| to the extreme its ideas Of the right of search
When the cartel ship was about 10 sail from
Quebec, party OF British officers came on
board, insulted the prisoners and commenced
to separate from the rest those who
by their accent were found to be Irishmen
These they intended to send to England for
trial as traitors,in frigate lying near, in ac-
cOrdanee with the doctrine then held bY
Great Britain-that a British subject could
not .expatriate himself. Col. Scott, who
was below, hearing tumult on deck, went
up. he was soon Informed Of the cause, and
at ONCE entered vehement protest against
the proceedings. lie commanded his sol
diers TO be absolutely silent, so that their
accent might not betray them. He was re-
peatedly ordered to go below, and as repeat
edly refused. The soldiers Obeyed him.
Twenty-three Of them were already detected
as lrishmen, but not another one became
victim. The twenty-three were taken on
board the frigate in irons and sailed to
England. The British government, how
ever, never carried out It's threats, and
twenty-one Of the twenty-three were sent
back from England three years after.
The cartel ship sailed for Boston with the
remaining. prisoners, including Lieut.. Col.
Scott, in November, 1872. The prisoners. on
the voyage, were poorly fed and badly
treated, which caused severe sickness to
break out aboard the ship, and after a long
voyage Of seven weeks the cartel put into
Portland harbOr.
tary authorizes here. and the result was that
twenty-six OF the severest cases were taken
from the ship and brought TO the town hOspi-
tai, wooden building which at that time
steod near here, at the foot Of Quebec street
The Regulars with Col. Scott remained In
the harbor for several hours, and the prison
ers on board, as well as those at the hospital
were newly supplied with clothing and pro-
visions. The ship went to Boston leaving
the sick here in the hospital Thirteen Of
them dled IN very short time, and others
subsequently, how many is unknown. /
have the names Of nine Of those who died.
They were all soldiers in the Regular II. S.
Army viz: Wayland Hall of Capt. Wool's
!afterwards Gen; John f. WOOD Co., 18th In
fantry; John Barrows, Capt Mackerney's
Co., 9th Regiment; Benjamin Smith, Capt.
SCOTS Co., sd Infantry; Daniel Hawes, do:
Barney Freeloye, U. 5. Infantry; James z.
Davis, do; Ezekiel Goodenow, Capt Law
renee Co., iSth infantry Alex Smith, Capt.
Infantry These and others were buried
here.
After fitting tribute to the dead the hymn
America was sung by the children and small
American flags were placed on the graves.
The benediction was pronounced by Rev
Mr.. Phelan.
AFTERNOON.
At LIS p. m. Market square. and the
streets through which the procession was to
pass, was filed with spectators, as Drum
Major Bean raised his baton as a. signal to
Chandler's Band to commence playing, and
Capt. Norton gave the command ''Fours
right" to the escort. The military looked
well and the only regret felt was owing 10
the fact that the Montgomery Guards, in
their new.uniforms, had no place in the bat
TALON.
THE PARADE
The escort proceeded through Centre, Free
and Congress streets to Grand Army Hall,
where Bosworth and Thatcher Posts, with
the Sons Of Veterans, were received, and
thence TO City Hall, where the city govern
ment and invited guests took places in the
line. From the City Hall ;he route ;lay
through Pearl street to the Rochester Rail-
road station, where cars were taken for
Evergreen. The following was the order of
parade:
Platoon Of Police, oficer Harris commanding.
Chief Marshal G.. Il. French.
Aids, Z. ID. Clark, ID. w. Scribner.
Drum Major Bean.
Chandler's Band, 20 pieces.
capt. Norton, commanding escort.
Adit II. q. philbrOOk
Portland Light lnfantry. Lieut. Blake SO men.
Portland Cadets, Capt eastman, Lieuts. Hesel-
tine and Ross, 2S men.
Portland Mechanic Blues, Lieut. c. +. SWEET,
&c men.
BOsworth Post, No. 2, Commander A. NJ. Sawyer.
= ZIG men.
City Government.
Aldermen Kicker and smith, Couneilmen Hobbs,
Hutchinson, Trefethen, McGlaufin.
CAP CAPT JssTsT5y BsST 9. 5. Il T. 5 s n naHIas Ia C.
Lieut.. Rogers, U. S. X. S. Dallas
Maine State Fife and Drum Corps 10 men,
Thatcher Post, No. III, Commander C. w. Had
Shepley Camp, Sons Of Veterans, Can't. w. w.
Perry, 81 men.
-Four Carriages containing Comrades j.. u. Griffin,
DIR. Ordway, w. B. Pike, ii. q. Houston, c. H.
Libby, J. Lowe, z. w. Mellen, II. Dunn, A. .JOr-
dan j. Hillyer, q. Green, J. Ross, NJ. NJ. Ed
wards, ?. Carroll. j. l.. Bradsh, Q. COnnen.
The procession looked finely, and the mon
marched well. Following the procession
were two large picnic wagons filed with the
ladies of the two relief corps, and in its CEN
tire large wagon prettily drapped with flags
bore the beautiful monument, wreathed with
floral emblems, which was placed on the Sol
diers' Lot at Evergreen Cemetery. The
monument was decorated under the charge
of Mrs. III. p. ingalls,, and bore among other
emblems a star for Mr.. Oliver Littlefeld a
Tyre for Mr.. M. s. bennett, cross fol-
Messrs. G. S. and N, II. Hammond, and a
superb anchor for ''all soldiersEand sailors, +"
from the Sons Of Veterans.
Among the special decorations taken to
Evergreen Cemetery were bouquets, baskets
| and other floral designs for Gen. G. +. Shep-
ley, Albert w. Colby. Geo. w. Trowbrdge
| c. Vanhorn, III. d. Barbour. ID. III. Stevens,
ID. g. Mountfort +. A. Hall, w. +. Hall, j.
ID. Fessenden, 1t. S. Fessenden, j. A. Frazer,
Capt b. Q. Pennell, 1t. o. w. Burnham, C..
F. Meserve, w. b. Smith. Capt. Js A. Perry,
Capt G. III. Gilman. j. L. Waterhouse, }. III.
Dodge, c. #. Lang. Rev. N. w. T. Root, Geo.
Foster A. Gushing, j. Roberts. c. III. Mer-
rill, Rev. Zenas Thompson. Capt. Geo.
Thompson. C. o. Kenwood, j. l.. Forsyth, L.
j. Tukesbury. L. Roberts. w. Conant, ID. G..
OidIks >. ID. OuuICus w. .. OeIflon, ". w.
Beals, j. B. York.
Bosworth Relief Corps carried special en-
blems for Mrs. t. p. Beals, w. r. Mills.
G. Harris, Il. X. Galley, c. w. Bean, ID. VIII
lard, f. Heath. f. G. Milliken. and Misses
Lizzie Z. Roberts and Martha Chase.
The "Vets" of the Grand Army sent a
beautiful wreath for w. b. Smith. These
"Vets" are a private organization of clever
members, and admissions are only made {,
fill vacancies caused by death.
Fifteen cars conveyed the procession &
Deering where already an immense audiene,
had gathered by private carriages and horse
ears At the cemetery the published pro.
| gramme was gone through and at its close
the vast crowd slowly melted away and
returned to the city.
EVENING.
Before o'clock last evening people com
menced to enter City Hall and secure seat
for the evening exercises. Space in th'
frontIo Iof the auditorium were reserved fo
the Grand Army bodies. At o'clock tn,
hour for the commencement of the exercises
every seat in the hall, including many whicl
had been brought in to accommodate th'
crowd, was occupied. Around the sides o
the room and in the galleries large numbe